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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Everyone involved in that was british iirc. The guy that named it spelled it like 4 or 5 different ways and eventually aluminum mostly stuck, but the other science guys wanted everything to end in 'ium'

Ium version also fits in UK accents better

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